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Mihiret and her daughter Mesela smile as they hug each other
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Since starting to work in Ethiopia in 1983, WaterAid has helped over 820,000 people gain access to safe water.

This is the story of Mihiret G-Maryam, the elected water guard in her village in Ethiopia.

"The water point is the centre point of the village now since it was built three years ago. Two hundred households use it.

"I lost three granddaughters and two grandsons before from water-related diseases – they were aged between three and eight years old. They all had diarrhoea.

"Now our grandchildren are much healthier, they have no stomach pains and no diarrhoea, it is much better. My eldest grandchild goes to school. Now we are happy and have a very great advantage from the hygiene lessons because we are much healthier now."


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What the money buys
$2 pays for moulds and equipment to build a latrine in Papua New Guinea
$12 pays for a bag of cement
$20 pays for a water tap
$33 can supply one person with access to safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education
$170 pays for the materials for a sanitation block